2021 is likely to see a 6.2 percent growth in global spending in the Information Technology sector

Research agency, Gartner has recently provided some estimates about the total expected IT spending around the world, and the figures are a little astounding, if not completely unexpected. The 2020 coronavirus pandemic brought on some changes in the way the world functions. Owing to the necessary...

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A beginner’s guide to housing types in the USA

Whether you are a first-time buyer or a seasoned property developer, property investments are a big decision. There’s no doubt it’s become harder to get on the property ladder. As market prices have gradually risen, investing in property has become one of the safest ways of protecting your...

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Facebook is giving academic researchers access to its political advertising data

Facebook is playing a vital role in the transparency of elections, because this will not only good for the people, but this will also make an impact on the companies. Therefore, Facebook has decided to give academic researchers access to a political advertisement through its platform. The...

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Google Chrome is trying to build more private web through an open standard; therefore, its engineers are testing the FLoC algorithm to replace the 3rd-party cookies which are used for ads

Google has called 2021 a year of testing, therefore, Google is making different testing such as Privacy Sandbox to build more private web by an open standard. This will help the developers to create a kind of web which is more private so that the data of its users will be safe, and the users will...

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Researcher Gets to the Bottom of Bizarre YouTube Comment Section's Dirty Bots

If you have ever been on the comment section of a video on YouTube that has a significant number of views, you might have noticed rather promiscuous messages from accounts that have pictures of scantily clad women as their display pictures. This is a plague that has been impacting all of YouTube...

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Keep Your iPhones Away from Medical Devices; Says Apple

You might have heard how mobiles are potentially destroying this generations health, from your parents every now and then, but what if we tell you Apple issued some news with serious facts about mobile devices being harmful for certain medical conditions and cause risks to some medical patients....

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Twitter introduces Birdwatch, a community-driven approach to tackle the problem of misinforming and misleading posts

In 2020, Twitter had announced that it will be launching a new Birdwatch feature, and now, in 2021, after the US Presidential Election and the inauguration of the new president, the company has finally launched it. However, it is currently available for a small group of 1000 people in the pilot...

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